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Launch of Being, a new international mental health initiative for young people
…people are going unmet due to a lack of resources. “Today, mental health challenges affect one in five children and adolescents worldwide; with the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, and the recent rise in living costs, we risk this worsening, along with the prospects and hopes for our future generation to experience wellbeing and thrive,”…such exceptional partners in this new collaborative effort, Being, with and for young people to improve mental wellbeing through innovation and research that will create positive, lasting change in local communities and beyond.” Engaging Partners in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Being will engage governments and policymakers from low- and middle-income countries. Although the lost contribution…
Guest blog by Kore Global: Navigating the complex space of measuring violence against women and girls
…to measure impact related to violence against women and girls (VAWG). Through a process of reflection and review of existing literature, we created a broad theory of change to identify change pathways related to prevention and response to VAWG and developed comprehensive guidance on how to measure these change pathways in a safe, ethical and…
A meeting of the minds: The Saving Lives at Birth DevelopmentXChange
Where can innovators from all over the world meet to exchange ideas, share their unique innovations, and find inspiration to press on toward their unified goal to protect mothers and newborns during their most vulnerable hours? Answer: the Saving Lives at Birth DevelopmentXChange. The third annual Saving Lives at Birth DevelopmentXChange will take place at…
Grand Challenges Canada Welcomes Two Accomplished Global Health Leaders
…at E&K Consulting Firm, a pan-African advisory and investment firm, will be joining GCC's Investment Committee (IC). Dr. Rono, also the Co-Founder and Convenor of the Health Exchange (HealthX), holds a Ph.D. in Global Health from the Karolinska Institute. Through the Firm, he has advised on transactions worth over US$ 20 Billion in the global healthcare, innovation, and climate/ energy sectors. He has led advisory and investment engagements on behalf of over 130 organizations in over 30 countries in Africa, Europe and the Americas. His thought…
Waves for Change
…with stress, regulate behavior, and build positive relationships. Surf therapy is delivered by coaches from local communities who act as caring and consistent adults that youth can connect with and relate to. Waves for Change offers a blueprint for embedding sport therapy interventions within communities to address mental health in an accessible and stigma free way.
Behaviour change solutions to non-communicable disease challenges
…non-communicable diseases (NCD). Solution The team proposed to reduce NCD risk factors by piloting a micro franchise social enterprise business model, to prove that community members would change their unhealthy eating habits if presented with healthy and affordable alternatives. The main activities completed during the project included: · Creation of a training centre for low-income…
Reflections from Grand Challenges Canada’s 2022 Summer Fellows
…was your favourite project that you worked on and what is a key takeaway from that experience? My favorite project was supporting the development of parameters for the climate-health funding call that GCC is aiming to launch. Through my involvement in this project, I not only got to learn from countless experts in the field from…environmental challenges, and as such, any holistic funding model must be prepared to work at this intersection by offering flexibility for initiatives that propose indirect pathways of change and, where possible, prioritizing an intersectoral approach to finding solutions. What advice would you give to future summer fellows? I would advise future summer fellows to seek…
Events You Won’t Want To Miss at Women Deliver 2019 Conference
…Convention Center, Room 220 This session is part of Johnson & Johnson's "The Power of We" series aiming to explore the unlimited power of collaboration in driving change and solving global challenges. The series will bring together unlikely groups of individuals - women and men, young and old, public and private sectors to drive provocative…
Fostering a community of innovators to inspire and empower a generation
…of the mother and the family to the well being of their baby can only be far greater than ours – it is only then that true exchange, innovation and empowerment can happen. His Excellency's message to us was simple. While it is important to publish these findings in the Lancets of the world, it…I have witnessed few organizations that truly embody their values and purpose in what they do and how they engage. Grand Challenges Canada is fostering a global climate of innovation for the greatest challenges that face humanity, firmly established in genuine respect for diversity and collaboration, and with love and empathy as a guiding force.…
Chamas for Change: Mother-Child Clubs in Kenya
Chamas (‘groups’ in Kiswahili) have a longstanding presence in East Africa as effective networks through which individuals can meet outside the home and pool resources in emergencies. Building on this cultural tradition, innovators at the University of Toronto, working with Moi University through AMPATH (Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare), developed mother-child groups, called Chama [...]